The LEO Foundation Award 2024 – Region Asia-Pacific
Grantee: Satoru Yonekura, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University, Japan
Amount: USD 100,000
Grant category: LEO Foundation Awards
Year: 2024
Geography: Japan
Satoru Yonekora is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Dermatology at Kyoto University in Japan
He was awarded the prestigious LEO Foundation Award 2024 in Region Asia-Pacific during the 49th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology. Satoru Yonekura’s research has contributed to new insights into how gut health influences melanoma and inflammatory skin diseases.
The LEO Foundation Award 2022 – Region Asia-Pacific
Grantee: Dr. Takashi Sakai, Assistant Professor, Oita University
Amount: USD 100,000
Grant category: LEO Foundation Awards
Year: 2022
Geography: Japan
Dr. Takashi Sakai is Assistant Professor at the Department of Dermatology at Oita University, Japan.
He receives the award in recognition of his visionary scientific approach to understanding the triggers and complications of atopic dermatitis. Atopic dermatitis is a debilitating skin condition that causes inflammation of the skin and affects nearly 20 percent of all people at some point in their life.
The LEO Foundation Award 2021 – Region Asia-Pacific
Grantee: Dr. Satoshi Nakamizo, Assistant Professor, Kyoto University
Amount: USD 100,000
Grant category: LEO Foundation Awards
Year: 2021
Geography: Japan
Dr. Satoshi Nakamizo is Assistant Professor at Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
He receives the award for his excellent dermatological research, focused on the roles of antigen-presenting cells in chronic inflammatory skin diseases such as eczema and psoriasis.
The LEO Foundation Award 2020 – Region Asia-Pacific
Grantee: Dr Yumi Matsuoka-Nakamura
Amount: USD 100,000
Grant category: LEO Foundation Awards
Year: 2020
Geography: Japan
Dr Yumi Matsuoka-Nakamura is Associate Professor at Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Japan.
She receives the award for her internationally renowned skin research and her exceptional track record in in skin immunology, allergy and microbiology – and a great vision for her future endeavors.
The LEO Foundation Award 2019 – Region Asia Pacific
Grantee: Dr. Tetsuro Kobayashi
Amount: USD 100,000
Grant category: LEO Foundation Awards
Year: 2019
Geography: Japan
Dr. Tetsuro Kobayashi is a Research Scientist at the Laboratory for Innate Immune Systems, RIKEN, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS), Yokohama, Japan.
Dr. Tetsuro Kobayashi receives the award for his research in understanding the interaction between microbes and the immune system in skin.
The LEO Foundation Award 2018 – Gold Award
Grantee: Dr. Hayato Takahashi
Amount: DKK 1,000,000
Grant category: LEO Foundation Awards
Year: 2018
Geography: Japan
The Gold Award went to Dr. Hayato Takahashi from Keio Unversity School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, to pursue his work on T cell-mediated autoimmune skin diseases.
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The LEO Foundation Award 2016 – Silver Award to young scientist in Japan
Grantee: Dr. Yu Sawada, research fellow, Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University and assistant professor, University of Environmental and Medical Health, Kitakyushu
Amount: DKK 250,000
Grant category: LEO Foundation Awards
Year: 2016
Geography: Japan
The LEO Foundation has offered the LEO Foundation Silver Award 2016 to Yu Sawada for his pioneering dermatological research. The award has been bestowed in collaboration with the Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology (JSID).
The award ceremony took place in Sendai, Japan, at the 41st annual conference of JSID on 11 December 2016.
Dr. Yu Sawada currently holds the position as a research fellow at the Department of Dermatology in Kyoto University and assistant professor at the University of Environmental and Medical Health in Kitakyushu. Dr. Sawada’s research focuses on establishing and implementing a new therapeutic paradigm for the improvement of inflammatory skin diseases through medical treatment in combination with specific lifestyle alterations such as diet, sleep and physical exercise.
The LEO Foundation Award 2016 – Gold Award to young scientist in Japan
Grantee: Dr. Ayumi Yoshizaki, lecturer and independent researcher, Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Amount: DKK 500,000
Grant category: LEO Foundation Awards
Year: 2016
Geography: Japan
The LEO Foundation has offered the LEO Foundation Gold Award 2016 to Ayumi Yoshizaki for his pioneering dermatological research. The award has been bestowed in collaboration the Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology (JSID).
The award ceremony took place in Sendai, Japan, at the 41st annual conference of JSID on 11 December 2016.
Dr. Ayumi Yoshizaki is a lecturer and an independent researcher in the field of dermatological autoimmune diseases based at Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo. Dr. Yoshizaki has his own research group, an impressive list of publications and is well acknowledged by the Japanese dermatological and scientific communities. His future research is focused on autoimmune diseases related to the skin, particularly systemic sclerosis (SSc). His lab uses highly innovative techniques to explore the role of auto-reactive B cells in SSc at the single cell level. He is a rising star that very well could establish himself as a leader in his field globally.